Equality and inclusion at the elementary level
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Dress code and gender stereotypes
Although the socialisation of children becomes gender-differentiated well before their arrival at primary school, it does not stop there. On the contrary, it continues and even becomes more accentuated as children contend with an educational experience that differs depending on their gender (Gagnon, 1999). This section deals with the ways in which gendered socialisation modulates the characteristics of the children’s connection to learning.
General recommendations
This information page provides a number of general recommendations that you can integrate into your pedagogical practice to deconstruct gender stereotypes with primary school pupils. To help you target your actions, this sheet deals with seven different themes: interactions with children, proposed activities and models, reading and writing, sex education and hypersexualisation, actions on the part of the team, actions to take with the parents and self-reflection.
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“Only for…”
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“You can be” Activity
With your work team
A Guide for Gender Equality in Teacher Education Policy and Practices
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ARTmony in the Forest
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Avatars and Body Image
With your work team
Books and textbooks analysis
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Boys like, Girls like, Kids like
With your work team
Checklist for an inclusive dress code
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Classroom activities on gender stereotypes
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Classroom decoration that emphasizes gender equality
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Create a Classroom Book to Combat Gender Stereotypes
Interactions with children
Diversity in the schoolyard
Interactions with children
Emotional literacy among First Nations students
Actions with parents
Engage parents in the fight against gender stereotypes
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Equality and Diversity Lesson Plan – The Paper Bag Princess
With your work team
Extracurricular activities and games analysis
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Father-and-son reading circles
Self-reflection
Film yourself to find your blind spots
Self-reflection
Finding stereotypical activities
Interactions with children
Fostering an equal oral participation in the classroom
With your work team
Gender and sexual diversity in physical activity
With your work team
Gender and sexual diversity: training sessions
Interactions with children
Gender identities at the elementary level
Actions with parents
Gender stereotypes and school retention
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Gendered Toys
With your work team
Inclusive Sex Ed Language Presentation
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Introducing Gender Identity
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Jobs for everyone!
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Learning respect for diversity
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Les 3 sex* – Sexuality Education Tools
With your work team
No more boys or girls: Can our kids go gender-free?
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Otis and Alice: A family with two moms?
Actions with parents
Positive Indigenous Fatherhood
Interactions with children
Prevent and act against bullying
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Reading and gender-equal role models
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Sexuality, Stereotypes and Social Norms
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Supporting boys’ skills development
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Supporting girls’ skills development
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Teaching about the Mi’gmaq · Mi’kmawe’l Tan Teli-Kina’muemk
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Teaching consent
With your work team
The History of Gendered Baby Clothing
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The Power of Words
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Toys and Gender
Interactions with children
Using a gender-neutral language
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